Gavin Fish

As long as you're not planning on playing a crazy high dB's all the time, yes, I think so. And I think as long as your wall isn't covered in anything soft (like curtains, for example), you won't want a subwoofer.

Hey guys. Gavin Fish from Audioengine here. I thought I'd hop in and offer my two cents. I think for your 20X20X9 room, I agree with Old Listener. HD6 is a better choice. Depending on placement away from the wall, a subwoofer may or may not be needed. In my 16X18X8 office, my HD6's are sitting on stands next to my desk, which is in the middle of the room. I've added an S8 subwoofer under my desk that is attenuated to only about 15% of full power. It sounds great. In my bedroom at home, I have HD6's on stands within 8 inches of the wall. No subwoofer needed in that setup because the wall supports the rear firing slotted port.

Thanks for the kind advice, Leonardo.

Hi everyone, Gavin here. I thought, after watching this thread grow the last week or so, I'd chime in here. I hope I'm not breaking any rules by responding directly on a thread about LH Labs. If so, please let me know. I read the rules and it looks like as long as I identify who I am and what I do, it should be okay, right? I'm the VP at Light Harmonic/LH Labs. You are all correct that we've been overwhelmed by a lot of things. And there were a lot of things we found out we are bad at handling. Shipping, for instance. We really have had to grow into that one. I, for one, really appreciate the long-suffering that our Geek Force and crowdfunding backers have shown us. It's been above and beyond. Larry and I have been working to fix shortcomings within the company systematically. For every challenge that is publicly visible, there are five or six that aren't public. So, instead of putting band-aids on problems, we're creating the mechanisms to handle those problems in the future. These mechanisms take time to perfect, and there are lots of bumps along the way. One of the mechanisms I'm up coding at 1:45 AM is a simple and straightforward roadmap/checklist for each product we've crowdfunded. We've been told and quite agree that it's often difficult to navigate the forum, and updates sometimes get lost. So we're building a page for each product that simply shows where each one is in the production cycle. I think this tool will help immensely. At least I hope so. Thanks for giving me a chance to offer my two cents. All of your concerns, complaints, critiques, and input/help are really appreciated. -GF